Lexic.us

Definition of Pocket-size

1. Adjective. Limited in size or scope. "A pocket-size country"

2. Adjective. Small enough to be carried in a garment pocket. "Pocket-size paperbacks"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pocket-size

pochettes pochoir pochoirs poché pock pock-pudding pockard pockards pocked pocker

pocket pocket-flask pocket-flasks pocket-handkerchief pocket-pool pocket-size (current term) pocket-sized pocket-watch pocket battleship pocket beer

pocket beers pocket bike pocket bikes pocket billiards pocket book pocket borough pocket bread pocket calculator pocket call pocket calls

Literary usage of Pocket-size

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"Written by eminent Teachers or Examiners, and issued in pocket-size ... In one hand-clue pocket-size 12mo. volume of 360 pages, with 181 illustrations. ..."

2. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation; a Practical Book which Shows by William James Jackman, Thomas Herbert Russell, Octave Chanute (1910)
"26o pages, round corners, red edges, pocket size, fully illustrated. ... Fully illustrated, 225 pages, round corners, pocket size, red edges. ..."

3. The Christian Science Journalby Mary Baker Eddy by Mary Baker Eddy (1912)
"Pocket size with change pocket, $1.40 each or $14.00 a dozen. PHOTOGRAVURE OF MRS. EDDY Photogravure of Mrs. Eddy, printed in three sizes on India paper and ..."

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